Location assistance in a paired device

• US 9,226,103 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2007
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAMMONDS, MARCUS C
• Application Number:
  US11/900,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20090061896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,031 Days
• Field of Search: 4554011-4012, 4554141-4143, 4554561-457, 455/466
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Embodiments provide an apparatus, a system, a device, and a method. A method includes a method implemented in a second mobile wireless communication device. The method includes transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device. The method also includes receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device. The affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input received from a human user of the first wireless communication device. The method further includes receiving the data indicative of a location of the first wireless communication device. The method may include displaying information usable in directing at least one of a person, vehicle, craft, or airplane associated with the second mobile wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device.

Claims

1. A second wireless communication device comprising:

circuitry for transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device;

circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply is configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request; and

circuitry for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least circuitry for receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication device, and further including at least circuitry for receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device.

2. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

circuitry for transmitting the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the second wireless communication device.

3. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

circuitry for transmitting the request for data indicative of the location of a positioning-enabled first wireless communication device.

4. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

circuitry for transmitting the request for data indicative of dynamic locations of the first wireless communication device.

5. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply is configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

circuitry for receiving proximate in time to the transmission of the request the affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

6. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply is configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

circuitry for receiving subsequent to the transmission of the request the affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

7. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply is configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

circuitry for receiving in response to the transmitted request the affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

8. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply is configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

circuitry for receiving the affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device that authorizes at least the second wireless communication device and a third wireless communication device to receive the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

9. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply is configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

circuitry for receiving, concurrently with the receiving of the affirmative reply, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

10. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device comprises:

circuitry for receiving the data indicative of a stationary location or a moving location of the first wireless communication device.

11. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for, based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, displaying information indicative of a spatial relationship between the location of the first wireless communication device and the location of the second wireless communication device.

12. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for, based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, generating information usable in directing at least one of a person, vehicle, craft, or airplane associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device.

13. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for, based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, displaying information configured to direct at least one of a person, vehicle, craft, or airplane associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device.

14. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the circuitry for receiving an affirmative reply is configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

circuitry for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device as the affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of a first wireless communication device.

15. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least circuitry for receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication device, and further including at least circuitry for receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device comprises:

circuitry for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least circuitry for receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, data indicative of changes in the location of the first wireless communication device.

16. The second wireless communication device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least circuitry for receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication device, and further including at least circuitry for receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device comprises:

circuitry for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least circuitry for receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, data indicative of changes in the location of the first wireless communication device, the circuitry for receiving configured to terminate receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication when there have been no changes in the location of the first wireless communication device for a predetermined period of time.

17. A method comprising:

receiving ongoing data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device from the first wireless communication device in response to one or more respective human-user initiated authorizations exchanged between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device, including at least receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication device, and further including at least receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device;

wherein at least one of the exchanged one or more respective human-user initiated authorizations includes the second wireless communication device transmitting, to the first wireless communication device, a request that data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device be provided at least to the second wireless communication device; and

wherein at least one of the exchanged one or more respective human-user initiated authorizations includes at least the second wireless communication device receiving as an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the affirmative reply being received within a predetermined time window relative to the request.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second wireless communication device transmitting, to the first wireless communication device, a request that data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device be provided at least to the second wireless communication device comprises:

transmitting the request for data indicative of the location of a positioning-enabled first wireless communication device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the second wireless communication device transmitting, to the first wireless communication device, a request that data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device be provided at least to the second wireless communication device comprises:

transmitting the request for data indicative of dynamic locations of the first wireless communication device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving ongoing data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

receiving the data indicative of a stationary location or a moving location of the first wireless communication device.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying information indicative of a spatial relationship between the location of the first wireless communication device and the location of the second wireless communication device, the displaying based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

22. The second wireless communication apparatus of claim 21 wherein the means for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the means for receiving an affirmative reply being configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the means for receiving an affirmative reply is further configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

means for receiving as the affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

23. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating information usable in directing at least one of a person or a vehicle associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device, the generating based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

24. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying information configured to direct at least one of a person or a vehicle associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device, the displaying based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving ongoing data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device from the first wireless communication device in response to one or more respective human-user initiated authorizations exchanged between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device, including at least receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication device, and further including at least receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device comprises:

receiving the ongoing data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, data indicative of changes in the location of the first wireless communication device.

26. A method comprising:

transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device;

receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the received affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the affirmative reply is received within a predetermined time window relative to the request;

receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of a second wireless communication device, and further including at least receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

transmitting the request for data indicative of the location of a positioning-enabled first wireless communication device.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

transmitting the request for data indicative of dynamic locations of the first wireless communication device.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device comprises:

receiving the data indicative of a stationary location or a moving location of the first wireless communication device.

30. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

displaying information indicative of a spatial relationship between the location of the first wireless communication device and the location of the second wireless communication device, the displaying based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

31. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

generating information usable in directing at least one of a person or a vehicle associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device, the generating based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

32. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

displaying information configured to direct at least one of a person or a vehicle associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device, the displaying based at least in part on the received data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

33. The method of claim 26, wherein the receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of a second wireless communication device, and further including at least receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device comprises:

receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, data indicative of changes in the location of the first wireless communication device.

34. A method comprising:

receiving a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device;

transmitting an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the transmitted affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the affirmative reply is transmitted within a predetermined time window relative to the request; and

transmitting the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least transmitting, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication device, and further including at least transmitting as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the receiving a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

receiving the request for data indicative of the location of a positioning-enabled first wireless communication device.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein the receiving a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device comprises:

receiving the request for data indicative of dynamic locations of the first wireless communication device.

37. The method of claim 34, wherein the transmitting the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device comprises:

transmitting the data indicative of a stationary location or a moving location of the first wireless communication device.

38. The method of claim 34, further comprising:

transmitting data configured to facilitate a display of information indicative of a spatial relationship between the location of the first wireless communication device and the location of the second wireless communication device, the transmitting including at least transmitting data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

39. The method of claim 34, further comprising:

transmitting data configured to facilitate generation of information usable in directing at least one of a person or a vehicle associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device, the transmitting including at least transmitting data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

40. The method of claim 34, further comprising:

transmitting data configured to facilitate display of information configured to direct at least one of a person or a vehicle associated with the second wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device, the transmitting including at least transmitting data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.

41. The method of claim 34, wherein the transmitting the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least transmitting, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication device, and further including at least transmitting as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device comprises:

transmitting the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least transmitting, continuously or at predefined intervals, data indicative of changes in the location of the first wireless communication device.

42. A second wireless communication device comprising:

a navigation pairing initiation circuit configured to call for data indicative of a position of a first wireless communication device;

a navigation pairing confirmation circuit configured to receive an indication of an authorization permitting provision of the data indicative of the position of the first wireless communication device at least to the second wireless communication device, the navigation pairing confirmation circuit being configured to receive the indication of the authorization originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the navigation pairing confirmation circuit is further configured to receive the indication of the authorization within a predetermined time window relative to the call for data indicative of the position of the first wireless communication device; and

a guidance circuit configured to receive the data indicative of the position of the first wireless communication device, the guidance circuit further configured to receive, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the position of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a position of the second wireless communication device, the guidance circuit further configured to receive as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device.

43. The second wireless communication device of claim 42, wherein the guidance circuit configured to receive the data indicative of the position of the first wireless communication device comprises:

a guidance circuit configured to receive the data indicative of the position of the first wireless communication device and determine a spatial relationship between the position of the first wireless communication device and the position of the second wireless communication device.

44. A second wireless communication apparatus comprising:

means for transmitting a request that data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device be provided to the second wireless communication apparatus;

means for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the means for receiving an affirmative reply being configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the means for receiving an affirmative reply is further configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request; and

means for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, including at least means for receiving, continuously or at predefined intervals, the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device for a limited period of time and within a predetermined radius of the first wireless communication device relative to a location of the second wireless communication apparatus, and further including at least means for receiving as the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device data indicative of at least a position, a route, a speed, and a direction of the first wireless communication device.

45. The second wireless communication apparatus of claim 44 wherein the means for receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device, the means for receiving an affirmative reply being configured to receive the affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input acquired via a user interface of the first wireless communication device, wherein the means for receiving an affirmative reply is further configured to receive the affirmative reply within a predetermined time window relative to the request comprises:

means for receiving the data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device as the affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of the location of the first wireless communication device.